Quaternary prevention
reviewing the concept Quaternary prevention aims to protect patients from medical harm Carlos Martins [image: ORCID Icon],Maciek Godycki-Cwirko,Bruno Heleno *Background:* According to the Wonca International Dictionary for General/Family Practice Quaternary Prevention is defined as: ‘Action taken to identify patient at risk of overmedicalization, to protect him from new medical invasion, and to suggest to him interventions, which are ethically acceptable.’ The concept of quaternary prevention was initially proposed by Marc Jamoulle and the targets were mainly patients with illness ... mais »
Trying to disrupt HC
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Try to Disrupt Health Care By NICK WINGFIELD, KATIE THOMAS and REED ABELSONJAN. 30, 2018 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page - Share - Tweet - Email - More - Save 1153 Photo Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Florence, N.J. The company will join forces with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to try to improve health care. CreditBryan Anselm for The New York Times SEATTLE — Three corporate behemoths — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — announced on Tuesday that they would form an independen... mais »
Time spent with the patients.
Where Do You Spend Most of Your Time at Work?It's certainly not with your patients, says Peter Ubel, MD - SAVESAVED - - - - - - by Peter Ubel MDDecember 12, 2017 Medical appointments are getting shorter by the year. Sometimes it feels like doctors have no time to spend with their patients. What's to blame for these brief clinical interactions? It could be the electronic health record or EHR. Because of changes in how insurance companies and the government pay for medical care, doctors increasingly need to document their care on the computer, causing many p... mais »
eLearning
7 Reasons Why You Should Adopt eLearning In Your Organization Numerous enterprises, ranging from worldwide corporations and nonprofits to universities and startups have discovered the benefits of… [image: Peter Schroeder 🚀] Peter Schroeder [image: 🚀] in The Startup 7 min read
Blood test for AD
Simple blood test spots dementia protein A new blood test can identify high brain levels of amyloid-β, a protein that is a key player in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists hope to use the cheap-and-easy test to help develop better treatments for dementia. Nature | 3 min read Reference: *Nature* paper
Maping human health
Project Baseline: Alphabet's five-year plan to map the entire journey of human health An ambitious collaboration between US universities and Google-offshoot Alphabet's life sciences arm is aiming to map the factors that contribute to good health, and illness. [image: Jo Best] By Jo Best | January 31, 2018 -- 11:17 GMT (03:17 PST) | Topic: Innovation If you've ever been in hospital or found yourself with a major illness, you'll know how often doctors will check up on you: recording your pulse, measuring your weight, ordering blood tests, and taking samples. That means doctors have a pre... mais »
Amazon and Health Care
How Amazon Could Change Health Care, According to Futurists
God's own music
God’s Own Music Ian Bostridge FEBRUARY 22, 2018 ISSUE O Sing unto the Lord: A History of English Church Music by Andrew Gant University of Chicago Press, 454 pp., $35.00 Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel’s Masterpiece by Jonathan Keates Basic Books, 165 pp., $25.00
Dopamine factory
Zeroing in on Dopamineby Neuroscience News Researchers have identified the molecular machinery responsible for the release of dopamine. The findings could help develop new treatments for disorders such as Parkinson's disease and addiction. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | February 1, 2018 at 10:47 am | Tags: ELKS | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-c5R Comment See all comments
Anxiety cells
*The NPR Science Desk*Verified account @nprscience 17m17 minutes ago More Researchers Discover 'Anxiety Cells' In The Brain https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/31/582112597/researchers-discover-anxiety-cells-in-the-brain?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Enlarge this image Scientists zeroed in on specific neurons in the brains of mice to gain insights into how anxiety is triggered and suppressed. SPL/Science Source ‘Anxiety Cells’ Identified in the Hippocampusby Neuroscience News Researchers reveal in mice, certain cells within the hippocampus fire when the animal is... mais »
Tolstoy's reading list
*Maria Popova*Verified account @brainpicker 3m3 minutes ago More Tolstoy's reading list – essential books for each stage of life, from childhood to old age https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/30/leo -tolstoy-reading-list/ …
'We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918'
Retropolis The flu can kill tens of millions of people. In 1918, that’s exactly what it did. By Ashley Halsey III January 27 Email the author The flu arrived as a great war raged in Europe, a conflict that would leave about 20 million people dead over four years. In 1918, the flu would kill more than twice that number — and perhaps five times as many — in just 15 months. Though mostly forgotten, it has been called “the greatest medical holocaust in history.” Experts believe between 50 and 100 million people were killed. More than two-thirds of them died in a single 10-week period i... mais »
Human Development Reports
Implementing the Madrid Plan of Action on Ageing: What have we learned? And, where do we go from here? 29 January 2018 By Asghar Zaidi, Professor of International Social Policy, University of Southampton It is no secret that the world’s population is ageing. As fertility declines and life expectancy increases, the proportion of older people is projected to grow across the world. Therefore, it is increasingly important to develop metrics that assess the effectiveness of policies and programmes affecting older people. The 2002 Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) is cen... mais »
FREE TECH TOOLS & WEBSITES
10 FREE TECH TOOLS & WEBSITES EVERY TEACHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT 01/26/2018 · by ecasey77 · in Classroom Ideas, Guest Educators and Explorers , Main. · Photograph courtesy MaxPixel. Public domain Confession: I was a late tech adopter. I didn’t own a computer until I was in college. I couldn’t record on the VCR, and I didn’t have a smartphone until about 2009. As a new teacher, I felt comfortable with PowerPoint and Word, yet I rarely explored any other tech tools. I felt out of my league when it came to tech, and chalked it up as something the younger, more tech-savvy members of the staff ... mais »
Glia & Motivation for Drug
Glial Cells Play Key Role in Regulating Motivation for Drug in Heroin Addictionby Neuroscience News Researchers report in glial cells, drug induced plasticity can reduce the motivation for heroin. The findings could help develop new treatments for opioid addiction. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | January 29, 2018 at 5:42 am | Tags: BRG1, heroin, opioid addiction | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-c4u Comment See all comments
Nationalism x Populism
*Recomendado por meu amigo Antônio Padula* Vladimir’s choiceWhither nationalism? Nationalism is not fading away. But it is not clear where it is heading Print edition | Christmas SpecialsDec 19th 2017| MOSCOW, TORONTO AND WARSAW JAN PIETRZAK has just one demand. He’s not fussy about the design of the centennial arch with which he wants to mark the Polish victory over the Bolshevik armies in 1920. But he does insist that it must be taller than the 237-metre (778-foot) Palace of Culture and Science, given to the Polish nation by Stalin. Mr Pietrzak is a gruff old man with white hair and ...mais »
Brain Organization
Modern Human Brain Organization Emerged Only Recentlyby Neuroscience News Max Planck researchers reveal Homo sapiens fossils show a gradual evolution of the human brain towards its current shape. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | January 28, 2018 at 12:21 pm | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-c4n Comment See all comments
acumuladores digitais...
Acumuladores digitais: será que você é um deles? idgnow.com.br / Da CIO Brasil Pesquisa desenvolvida pela Western Digital detectou características e hábitos mais frequentes entre esse tipo de usuário Fotos, vídeos e aplicativos… leia mais Fotos, vídeos e aplicativos que não são usados são os conteúdos mais frequentes entre os usuários que não querem apagá-los por medo de perdê-los. Batizados de “acumuladores digitais”, estas pessoas estão acostumadas a guardar materiais e conteúdos de todos os tipos em seus dispositivos sem discriminar quão importantes eles são. Pesquisa desenvolvi... mais »
Social media
From: [image: The New York Times] [image: The Follower Factory]The Follower Factory By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, GABRIEL J.X. DANCE, RICH HARRIS and MARK HANSEN Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Social media is a virtual world that is filled with half bots, half real people. You can’t take any tweet at face value. And not everything is what it seems." RAMI ESSAID, the founder of Distil Networks, a cybersecurity company that specializes in eradicating bot networks. New York Attorney General to Investigate... mais »
World Economies 2017
Every One of the World’s Big Economies Is Now Growing By PETER S. GOODMANJAN. 27, 2018 Growth Across the Globe For the first time since the financial crisis a decade ago, all of the world’s major economies are growing. LONDON — A decade after the world descended into a devastating economic crisis, a key marker of revival has finally been achieved. Every major economy on earth is expanding at once, a synchronous wave of growth that is creating jobs, lifting fortunes and tempering fears of popular discontent. No tidy, all-encompassing narrative explains how the world has finally ... mais »
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